Towards automating cine DENSE MRI image analysis : segmentation, tissue tracking and strain computation
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2006
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Over the past two decades, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has developed into a powerful imaging tool for the heart. Imaging cardiac morphology is now commonplace in clinical practice, and a plethora of quantitative techniques have also arisen on the research front. Myocardial tagging is an established quantitative cardiac MRI method that involves magnetically tagging the heart with a set of saturated bands, and monitoring the deformation of these bands as the heart contracts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-206).
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Spottiswoode, B. 2006. Towards automating cine DENSE MRI image analysis : segmentation, tissue tracking and strain computation. University of Cape Town.